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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Malta to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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